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Most people spend more time and energy arranging vacation or a night out than they do on planning their retirement. When it comes to retirement, it pays to have a plan.

By Jasmine Gladney This summer, I had the opportunity to intern with Landaas & Company. Throughout my internship, I shadowed different investment advisors, and there was a theme of retirement. Retirement seems far away. I am 23 and just beginning my professional career. But I realize I should start planning now. The question is how? […]

By Joel Dresang The Amazon.com bill I got in the mail totaled $2,838 for three robotic vacuum cleaners. The problem was they weren’t mine. My identity was stolen. I didn’t order those vacuum cleaners. I don’t even have an Amazon card. Someone assuming my identity opened a card in my name. […]

To retire with confidence, investors need to allocate their resources for both long-term growth and short-term peace of mind.

By Joel Dresang New research shows that individual investors vastly overestimate the probability of stock market crashes, in part because of what they see in the news. Anticipating risks is important, but letting short-term incidents muddy long-term plans can be harmful. Often, what worries us today doesn’t even matter to the future plans we disrupt. […]

Investors can’t foresee when news events will disrupt markets, but they can set up and monitor downside protection for their portfolios. Kyle Tetting explains in a MONEY TALK VIDEO. […]